UID:
almafu_9959227146902883
Format:
1 online resource (101 p.)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
0-19-173998-7
,
0-19-960710-9
,
1-283-58211-2
,
9786613894564
,
0-19-155296-8
Series Statement:
Oxford neurology library
Content:
Restless legs syndrome (RLS), also known as Ekbom syndrome, is a common movement disorder with sensorimotor symptoms occurring during sleep and quiet wakefulness. Yoakum described RLS as the ""the most common disorder you've never heard of"" and this may, unfortunately, be an appropriate description of RLS. The term ""restless legs syndrome was first introduced by Karl-Axel Ekbom, a Swedish neurologist and surgeon in 1945. RLS can present in the primary care and secondary care, acrossa range of specialities such as psychiatry, rheumatology and sleep medicine, and in the UK, the condition remai
Note:
Description based upon print version of record.
,
Contents; Preface; Contributors; Abbreviations; 1 The historical basis of restless legs syndrome; 2 What causes restless legs syndrome?; 3 Epidemiology; 4 Symptoms and health-related quality of life; 5 Differential diagnosis of restless legs syndrome; 6 Secondary restless legs syndrome; 7 Treatment of restless legs syndrome and periodic limb movement disorder; 8 Illustrative case reports; 9 Future directions; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Z
,
English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-19-923488-4
Language:
English
Bookmarklink
